Actually, only the first four artists actually played on Sunday. A thunderstorm after Cocker's 2 PM set pushed the second act, Country Joe, off until 6:30. From there, everything was late with CSNY going on at 3 AM and Hendrix finishing things up from 9:00 to 11:10 AM Monday.

The festival has become mythical. Millions have claimed to be there although the estimates never went higher than 400,000. Of course, a majority of those never paid for tickets as it was impossible to control the influx of people who showed up for the show.

The band list was a who's who of the greats of the day and, of course, they were paid royally for their efforts to get to the site and perform. Well, if you think $750 (the equivalent of $5,000 today) would be a good payday. That's what Santana was paid, split among all of the band members, for their efforts. The mostly unknown band Quill only got $375.

The established stars (or those with good negotiating skills) did get a handsome payday. Jimi Hendrix received $18,000 ($120,000 in today's dollars). Blood, Sweat and Tears received the second highest payday with $15,000 ($100,000) and Joan Baez and Creedence Clearwater Revival each took home $10,000 ($66,500).

Here's a list of the payments made to each of Woodstock's artists with the 2016 equivalents:

Jimi Hendrix – $18,000 ($120,000 in today's dollars)

Blood, Sweat and Tears – $15,000 ($100,000)

Joan Baez – $10,000 ($66,500)

Creedence Clearwater Revival – $10,000 ($66,500)

The Band – $7,500 ($50,000)

Janis Joplin – $7,500 ($50,000)

Jefferson Airplane – $7,500 ($50,000)

Sly and the Family Stone – $7,000 ($46,500)

Canned Heat – $6,500 ($43,000)

The Who – $6,250 ($41,500)

Richie Havens – $6,000 ($40,000)

Arlo Guthrie – $5,000 ($33,000)

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – $5,000 ($33,000)

Ravi Shankar – $4,500 ($30,000)

Johnny Winter – $3,750 ($25,000)

Ten Years After – $3,250 ($21,500)

Country Joe and the Fish – $2,500 ($16,500)

Grateful Dead – $2,500 ($16,500)

The Incredible String Band – $2,250 ($15,000)

Mountain – $2,000 ($13,500)

Tim Hardin – $2,000 ($13,500)

Joe Cocker – $1,375 ($9,000)

Sweetwater – $1,250 ($8,500)

John B. Sebastian – $1,000 ($6,500)

Melanie – $750 ($5,000)

Santana – $750 ($5,000)

Sha Na Na – $700 ($4,500)

Keef Hartley – $500 ($3,500)

Quill – $375 ($2,500)

Figures were not available for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Bert Sommer.

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A reproduction of The Who's Woodstock contract(included with the various bits of paper memorabilia included with the original L.P. of "The Who Live at Leeds") indicates that The Who were paid $10,000 for their Woodstock Performance